December 03, 2006

Ornaments

I got this idea from Lisa (who got it from Ninotchka) but I don't think I can post one ornament each day so I'm cheating a little bit and just posting one small group of some of my favorites.

Many years ago, I went to a Christmas party at a friend's house and noticed that her tree was decorated totally in little teddy bears. I thought it was a fun idea so I decided to decorate my entire Christmas tree with cat ornaments.

There are other things besides cat ornaments on our tree but it's mostly cats. My favorite is the one on the left. I'm really not obsessed with cats but I came across this one when I was at Hallmark shopping for a topper for my wedding cake. It seemed like a cute idea and it was much less expensive than a traditional bride and groom cake topper so we used it on our cake. I made a tiny bow tie and veil and glued them on and here's the final result atop our wedding cake: <click here>.

Here are some of my other favorites.

I make a point of buying a new kitty ornament each year and I also try to find one if we're traveling so I can have it as a memento of the trip. I use a fine point permanent marker to note the date and place on the bottom of the ornament.

If it wasn't originally intended to hang on a Christmas tree, I can usually find a way to fashion it into an ornament it by drilling a small hole and attaching a gold thread or a tiny eye screw. (Which reminds me that I still need to do that with the small cat figurine I bought on our first trip to China in 2005)

This isn't a FFFF Challenge but if you're posting pictures of your ornaments on your blog, feel free to add your blog link in a comment. :)

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Ornaments

I got this idea from Lisa (who got it from Ninotchka) but I don't think I can post one ornament each day so I'm cheating a little bit and just posting one small group of some of my favorites.

Many years ago, I went to a Christmas party at a friend's house and noticed that her tree was decorated totally in little teddy bears. I thought it was a fun idea so I decided to decorate my entire Christmas tree with cat ornaments.

There are other things besides cat ornaments on our tree but it's mostly cats. My favorite is the one on the left. I'm really not obsessed with cats but I came across this one when I was at Hallmark shopping for a topper for my wedding cake. It seemed like a cute idea and it was much less expensive than a traditional bride and groom cake topper so we used it on our cake. I made a tiny bow tie and veil and glued them on and here's the final result atop our wedding cake: <click here>.

Here are some of my other favorites.

I make a point of buying a new kitty ornament each year and I also try to find one if we're traveling so I can have it as a memento of the trip. I use a fine point permanent marker to note the date and place on the bottom of the ornament.

If it wasn't originally intended to hang on a Christmas tree, I can usually find a way to fashion it into an ornament it by drilling a small hole and attaching a gold thread or a tiny eye screw. (Which reminds me that I still need to do that with the small cat figurine I bought on our first trip to China in 2005)

This isn't a FFFF Challenge but if you're posting pictures of your ornaments on your blog, feel free to add your blog link in a comment. :)